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Mobile phone in Prajwal Revanna’s prison cell: Several phone numbers found

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Mobile phone in Prajwal Revanna’s prison cell: Several phone numbers found

Central Jail, at Parappana Agrahara in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File photo Following reports that a mobile phone was found in the Central Prison barrack housing former MP Prajwal Revanna, DIG of Prisons and Correctional Services Jinendra Khanagavi has initiated a probe into how the phone reached the barrack despite security arrangements. The CCB raid…

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Bengaluru: Mentorship programme for innovators launched; aims to find sustainable solutions for rural connectivity challenges, bridge digital divide

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The launch also marked the commencement of the inaugural cohort of the FNEM Powering CTU programme in India. | Image for representation | Photo Credit: http://www.fotogestoeber.de To empower early-stage innovators, researchers and start-ups, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) launched Future Networks Empowerment through Mentorship (FNEM) – Powering CTU (Connecting the Unconnected) at the International Institute…

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Karnataka Bandh unlikely to disrupt normal life as most organisations extend only moral support

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Karnataka Bandh unlikely to disrupt normal life as most organisations extend only moral support

Normal life is unlikely to be affected on Thursday (August 13) despite the bandh call given by Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj against the directive to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, as most organisations have extended only moral support to the call. The bandh, scheduled from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., is unlikely to affect…

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DG Prisons orders probe into source of mobile phone used by Prajwal Revanna inside Bengaluru jail

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DG Prisons orders probe into source of mobile phone used by Prajwal Revanna inside Bengaluru jail

The Bengaluru Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J. Director-General of Prisons and Correctional Services Alok Kumar has ordered a departmental inquiry to trace the source of the mobile phone and SIM card allegedly used by former Hassan MP and convicted sexual assault accused Prajwal Revanna inside Bengaluru Central Prison at…

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Marathon followed by a skydive, 77-year-old army veteran completes double adventure in Siberia

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Marathon followed by a skydive, 77-year-old army veteran completes double adventure in Siberia

Lt. Col. O.P.N. Kalyan (Retd.) | Photo Credit: The Hindu A 77-year-old Bengaluru-based Indian Army veteran particpated in the XXXVI Siberian International Marathon at Omsk, Russia. Lt. Col. O.P.N. Kalyan (retd.), a retired Army Service Corps officer, completed a 10-km run in the marathon on August 1. Around 6,190 runners took part in the event,…

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SDPI urges government to enhance income limit for social security schemes to ₹3 lakh

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SDPI urges government to enhance income limit for social security schemes to ₹3 lakh

Abdul Majeed, SDPI Karnataka president, at a press conference in Mangaluru on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) Karnataka president Abdul Majeed on Tuesday urged the State government to immediately scrap the ₹32,000 annual income limit set for social security pensions, including old age, widow, disability, and others. The…

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CITU seeks implementation of revised minimum wages, repeal of four labour codes

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CITU seeks implementation of revised minimum wages, repeal of four labour codes

The district unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions staging a protest in Kalaburagi city on Monday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI The district unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) staged a protest in Kalaburagi city on Monday, demanding the immediate implementation of the revised minimum wages notified by the State…

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Tunnel road is a ‘real estate project in disguise’: Citizen groups

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Tunnel road is a ‘real estate project in disguise’: Citizen groups

Citizens opposing the Congress government’s ambitious tunnel road project have termed it “a real estate project in disguise.” The citizens’ group Bengaluru Praja Vedike (BPV), which is at the forefront of the campaign against the project, has written to all the city’s MLAs and MPs, urging them to reject it. In a letter addressed to…

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Entrepreneurship is the cure for AI anxiety, says seer

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Entrepreneurship is the cure for AI anxiety, says seer

Madhusudhan Sai, spiritual leader, speaking at an interaction with the public in Bagalkot on Sunday (August 9). | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Entrepreneurship is the cure for AI anxiety. Today’s youth should become job creators and not just job seekers, Madhusudan Sai, founder of ‘One World One Family Mission’, said during an interaction with the…

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Bengaluru police launch drive to identify, deport illegal immigrants

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Bengaluru police launch drive to identify, deport illegal immigrants

Priyank Kharge. | Photo Credit: File photo Bengaluru city police have detained 15 people who are allegedly Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally in the city without valid visa or citizenship documents. The detentions were made during a special drive conducted by the Bengaluru city police on Saturday. The police teams visited over 30 places across the…

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